Dan O'Herlihy
Acting1919Wexford, Ireland
Biography
Daniel Peter O'Herlihy (May 1, 1919 – February 17, 2005) was an Irish film actor, known for such roles as Brigadier General Warren A. "Blackie" Black in Fail Safe, Marshal Ney in Waterloo, Conal Cochran in Halloween III: Season of the Witch, "The Old Man" in RoboCop, and Andrew Packard in Twin Peaks. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1954 film Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
Known For
Acting History
2020
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Buñuel in Hollywood
as Self
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
as Self
1998
The Rat Pack
as Joe Kennedy
1995
VR.5
TVas Dr. Alloysius Hunnicutt• 1 eps
1994
Batman: The Animated Series
TVas Grant Walker (voice)• 1 eps
1993
Love, Cheat & Steal
as Hamilton Fisk
1990
RoboCop 2
as The Old Man
Twin Peaks
TVas Andrew Packard• 6 eps
1989
The Equalizer
TVas Randall Payne• 1 eps
1988
A Waltz Through the Hills
as Uncle Tom
The Ray Bradbury Theater
TVas Charles Braling• 1 eps
L.A. Law
TVas Vernon Kepler• 1 eps
1986
The Whoopee Boys
as Judge Sternhill
Dark Mansions
as Alexander Drake
Remington Steele
TVas Charles Wellington• 1 eps
1984
The Last Starfighter
as Grig
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Alexander Preston / Denton Langley• 1 eps
1982
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
as Conal Cochran
Nancy Astor
TVas Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne
1981
Death Ray 2000
as The Director
Artemis '81
as Albrecht Von Drachenfels
1979
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
as Mark Twain
1978
Battlestar Galactica
TVas Dr. Ravashol• 1 eps
Charlie's Angels
TVas Freddie Brander• 1 eps
1977
MacArthur
as President Roosevelt
Deadly Game
as Colonel Edward Stryker
Good Against Evil
as Father Kemschler
1976
1975
Hawaii Five-O
TVas Harry Wells• 1 eps
1974
The Tamarind Seed
as Fergus Stephenson
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
as Leonard Jerome
Colditz
TVas Lt. Col. Max Dodd• 4 eps
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
TVas Leonard Jerome
QB VII
TVas David Shawcross
1973
Ironside
TVas Arthur Justin• 1 eps
1972
The Carey Treatment
as J.D. Randall
The People
as Sol Diemus
1970
Waterloo
as Marshal Michel Ney
1969
100 Rifles
as Steven Grimes
The Big Cube
as Charles Winthrop
1968
How to Steal the World
as Prof. David Garrow
1967
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TVas Capt. Rupert Oliver Morton / Marcel Rudolph• 1 eps
Hondo
TVas Prof. Phineas Blackstone
The High Chaparral
TVas Jake Lanier• 1 eps
The Big Valley
TVas David Wyncop• 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
TVas Jack Cole• 1 eps
1965
The Defenders
TVas Governor William Defoe• 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
TVas Mark Addison / Mark Sloan / John Patrick McHenry / Dr. Phillip Downey• 1 eps
1964
Fail Safe
as Brig. Gen. Warren A. Black
Profiles in Courage
TVas Professor Richard T. Ely• 1 eps
1963
Combat!
TVas Maj. Richter• 1 eps
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
TVas Dr. Sardius McPheeters
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TVas Simon Carter• 1 eps
1962
The Cabinet of Caligari
as Caligari / Paul
Adventures in Paradise
TVas Colonel Tomlinson• 1 eps
Sam Benedict
TVas Hart Marbury• 1 eps
Checkmate
TVas Stephen Jordan• 1 eps
1961
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Detective Phil Butler
The Americans
TVas Colonel Fry
1960
One Foot in Hell
as Sir Harry Ivers
A Terrible Beauty
as Don McGinnis
Rawhide
TVas John Cord• 1 eps
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TVas David• 1 eps
1959
The Young Land
as Judge Millard Isham
Imitation of Life
as David Edwards
1958
Home Before Dark
as Arnold Bronn
1957
The Blackwell Story
as Dr. Keller
That Woman Opposite
as Dermot Kinross
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Capt. Cleve Scott• 1 eps
1955
The Purple Mask
as Brisquet
The Virgin Queen
as Lord Derry
Hunters of the Deep
as Narrator
Climax!
TVas Ian Hamilton• 1 eps
Screen Director's Playhouse
TVas Dr. Donald Kent• 1 eps
The Oscars
TVas Self• 1 eps
1954
Bengal Brigade
as Capt. Ronald Blaine (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
The Black Shield of Falworth
as Prince Hal of Wales
Robinson Crusoe
as Robinson Crusoe
1953
Sword of Venus
as Danglars
General Electric Theater
TVas Robert Burns / Dr. Paul Crowley
Cavalcade of America
TVas Benedict Arnold• 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
TVas Dave Hardy
1952
Actors and Sin
as Alfred O'Shea / Narrator (segment Actor's Blood)
Invasion, U.S.A.
as Mr. Ohman
At Sword's Point
as Aramis Jr.
Operation Secret
as Lt. Duncan
1951
Soldiers Three
as Sgt.Murphy
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Commando Captain (uncredited)
The Blue Veil
as Hugh Williams
1950
The Iroquois Trail
as Lt. Blakely
Lux Video Theatre
TVas Oliver Bradford / Henry / Trevelyan / Alan
1947
Hungry Hill
as Harry Brodrick
Odd Man Out
as Nolan